CPT^® 92612, Under Evaluative and Therapeutic Otorhinolaryngologic Services

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 92612 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Evaluative and Therapeutic Otorhinolaryngologic Services.

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The provider carries out an evaluation of a patient’s pharynx to determine the health of the muscles that help in swallowing. He uses a flexible endoscope and cine or video recording.

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92612-Coding for diagnostic by physician

I'm being told by my organization that a physician must use one of the functional G codes established by Medicare for therapy services when 92612 is used. This is confusing to me because he is not es... [ Read More ]

Swallowing function testing

Does anyone have experience in billing for an endoscopic swallow test? (FEES) The codes are 92610, 92612, 92613 and 92526. I have not been able to find anything out regarding billing these codes, are... [ Read More ]

92612 & 92613 assistance

My doctors manage trachs at a trach center. The speech pathologist who is employed by the trach center asked for assistance with FEES (swallowing study). I understand that the procedure the speech pat... [ Read More ]

Do SLP's (employee) req. MD supervision for 92526, 92610 and 92612

Do procedures 92526 Swallow tx, 92610 swallow eval., and 92612 require MD supervision or can SLP perform and report on their own as an employee of the group (not private practitioner). Thank you... [ Read More ]

Fees

I am wondering if the code for the FEES 92613 physician interp and report is billed in addition to the 92612 (Endoscopic eval of swallowing by cine or video recording,or just seperately if the scope ... [ Read More ]

what codes...92612?

[b]modifers??[/b] What modifers would I need to use when billing 92612 for a speech pathologist and ENT? The speech pathologist would just be billing for the interpretation of the swallow evaluation.... [ Read More ]

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